SLP Category: Recognized by Apraxia Kids for Advanced Training and Expertise in Childhood Apraxia of Speech
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- Alicia
- Keefe
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- 2518 Yoho Inlet
Cold Lake
Alberta
T9M 0K1
Canada - Aligned Intervention Services Inc.
Cold Lake
Alberta
T9M 0K1
Canada
Therapy for Childhood Apraxia of Speech is fun and functional. Working together, we will set goals to work towards improving your child's speech. Treatment will focus on helping your child to develop new motor speech patterns so that they are able to sequence the sounds in words to produce clear and functional words. During treatment, I will introduced play-based activities that provide many repetitions for your child to practice combining sounds into words. I will provide support to your child using visual cues, such as encouraging them to watch my mouth, hand cues to draw their attention to sounds and feedback to help them improve their productions (e.g., "I like how you put your lips together at the end of that word"). We will use an approach called Dynamic Temporal Tactile Cuing (DTTC) where I will add and fade cues based on your child's productions to help them be successful and to learn to independently produce clear words. During sessions, there will be an emphasis on parent coaching to help you learn strategies to use during home practice and so that we can work as a team to best meet your child's needs.
Parents are encouraged to take an active role in the therapy process. During sessions, I will model, teach and coach you in strategies to help your child produce functional word shapes and words. We will work together to select target words that are meaningful and important to your child. I will introduce practice activities that you can duplicate at home to provide your child with additional opportunities to practice their skills and to generalize their productions to their daily speech.
It is important that every child has a way to communicate and express themselves as they are working towards their speech goals. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is any mode of communication that does not rely verbal speech. In the past, I have introduced AAC with children to help reduce their frustration and encourage their expressive language to grow, as they are simultaneously working on their speech goals. This has involved ‘low-tech’ systems, such as core vocabulary boards, PECS and sign language. It has also involved ‘high-tech systems’, such as speech-generating devices. Working together, we will select a system that works best for your child and family and I will teach you to strategies to model and teach your child to use an AAC system as they are developing their verbal speech.
